Carepatron now lets you use electronic prescribing (eRx) through its integration with DoseSpot, so you can send prescriptions electronically directly within the platform. This feature simplifies your prescription workflow by connecting your workspace, clinicians, and patients to the DoseSpot e-prescribing network.
In this article, we will cover the following:
Clinic registration: Connect your workspace to DoseSpot by registering your clinic location and contact details.
Clinician registration: Link individual practitioners to DoseSpot to enable them to issue electronic prescriptions.
Complete identity proofing with facial recognition: Complete this process to start prescribing.
Patient registration: Add patients to DoseSpot so prescriptions can be sent to pharmacies on their behalf.
Precribing with DoseSpot: The embedded interface within Carepatron for searching medications, writing prescriptions, and sending them to pharmacies.
Setting up two-factor authentication (TFA) for controlled substances: EPCS prescribing requirements, including initial two-factor authentication setup and first-time activation process
Note: This feature is currently in Beta release, which means the feature is still in early testing and gradual rollout. It is available to a limited group of users while we monitor performance, gather feedback, and make improvements before a wider release.
eRx integration is currently only available in the US, but support for more regions is coming soon.
Register your clinic
Clinic registration is the first step to setting up e-prescribing for your workspace. This connects your Carepatron workspace to DoseSpot and prepares it for clinician onboarding.
Step 1: Navigate to ePrescribe Setup
To set up:
Go to ePrescribe from the left sidebar.
Click the Setup tab (visible only before setup is complete).
Click "Set up ePrescribe" to open the clinic registration panel.
Fill in the required fields and click "Create".
The setup page displays a four-step progress indicator:
Create workspace
Invite clinicians
Clinicians verify
Ready to prescribe
Step 1 of 4 is active, showing the heading "Create your DoseSpot workspace to set up ePrescribe" with a brief description and a "Set up ePrescribe" button. A panel on the right lists the key capabilities powered by DoseSpot:
Send controlled and non-controlled substances
Real-time pharmacy routing and delivery confirmation
DEA and state license compliance are built into the workflow
Prescriptions sync automatically to the client record
Step 2: Create your DoseSpot account
Click "Set up ePrescribe" to open the "Create your DoseSpot account" side panel. Fill in the following details:
Choose locations. Select an existing physical location from the dropdown, or click "+ New location" to create one. The dropdown displays saved locations with their full address details for easy identification.
Physical address. The street address of your clinic.
Suburb/Province and City. The locality details for your clinic.
State. Select your state from a dropdown list of US states. This field is a dropdown to ensure an accurate state value is captured for DoseSpot registration.
Zip code and Country. Regional identifiers required for DoseSpot registration.
Phone number. A valid US phone number for the clinic, entered with the +1 country code.
Once all required fields are completed, click "Create" to register your clinic with DoseSpot.
Step 3: Confirm registration
After successful registration, the setup flow automatically advances to Step 2 of 4 (Invite clinicians). The right panel updates to display your registered clinic name and address, confirming the workspace has been connected to DoseSpot.
Invite clinicians
After completing clinic registration, the workspace admin selects which practitioners will have access to ePrescribe. This step sends enrollment invitations and initiates billing once each clinician completes identity verification.
Step 1: Select clinicians to invite
This screen displays a searchable table of all team members in your Carepatron workspace, with columns for Name, Email, and Job title.
A note at the top explains:
These clinicians are already in your Carepatron account — select who you'd like to enroll in DoseSpot. Billing of $39/month per clinician begins only after each clinician completes identity verification.
Select one or more clinicians using the checkboxes. The panel on the right updates to show a running count of selected clinicians and the projected monthly total (e.g., 2 clinicians selected — Total: $78/monthly).
Once your selection is made, click "Invite clinicians".
Step 2: Confirm Invitations
A confirmation dialog appears with the title "Send invitations".
The dialog summarises the number of clinicians selected and the associated billing, for example:
Click "Send invitations" to confirm, or "Cancel" to return to the selection screen. Once confirmed, invitation emails are dispatched to the selected clinicians and they can begin enrollment immediately.
Clinician enrollment
Clinician enrollment connects individual practitioners to the DoseSpot e-prescribing network. This step requires a workspace admin to have already completed clinic registration and sent an invitation.
Each clinician must provide their personal and professional details, assign themselves to one or more clinic locations, and complete an identity verification process before they can begin prescribing.
Step 1: Access the Enrollment Tab
Once invited, the clinician navigates to ePrescribe from the left sidebar. An Enrollment tab is now visible. The page shows the following message:
The right panel displays the clinic location and a "Complete enrollment" link beside the clinician's name. Click "Complete enrollment" to open the registration side panel.
Step 2: Fill in your professional details
A side panel titled "ePrescribe enrollment with DoseSpot" opens. Fill in the following details:
First name and Last name: Pre-filled from your Carepatron profile.
Date of birth: Your date of birth in MM/DD/YYYY format.
National provider identifier (NPI Type 1): Your individual NPI number, required for e-prescribing.
Phone number: A valid US phone number with the +1 country code.
Physical address: Your professional address, including Suburb/Province, City, State, Zip code, and Country.
Step 3: Assign locations
Under the "Assign locations" section, select one or more clinic locations from the dropdown.
The description reads:
"Choose your clinic location to ensure your prescription complies with local rules and reaches the right pharmacy."
Once a location is selected, it expands to show additional optional fields specific to that location:
Use as default: Set this location as your default prescribing location.
DEA number (Optional): Your Drug Enforcement Administration number for this location.
NA DEA Number (Optional): Your state-level narcotic authority DEA number.
Medical License Number (Optional): Your medical license number for the state where this location operates.
You can assign multiple locations and configure each one independently.
Step 4: Submit and wait for confirmation
Click "Connect" to submit your enrollment. The button enters a loading state while Carepatron waits for DoseSpot to confirm the registration. This typically completes within a minute.
Once DoseSpot confirms the registration, the enrollment is successful and the page advances to the Verification step.
Step 5: Start identity verification
After successful registration, the page advances to Step 2 of 3 (Verification). The screen displays the heading "Verify your identity" with the following guidance:
To start prescribing electronically, DoseSpot needs to verify your identity. This is a one-time step.
You'll need:
Your mobile phone
Your NPI, DEA number, and state license details
Once submitted, DoseSpot typically verifies credentials within 30 minutes. You'll receive an email when you're approved and ready to prescribe.
Click "Start identity verification" to proceed. A side panel opens showing the DoseSpot "Getting Started with DoseSpot" page, which outlines all steps required before you can begin prescribing. Two verification tasks are presented:
DoseSpot ePrescribing Authorization Agreement – Click "COMPLETE AGREEMENT" to review and sign the general ePrescribing agreement.
Experian Facial Proofing – Click "BEGIN IDENTITY PROOFING" to complete identity verification through the Experian agency. Identity proofing of specific financial records is required for continued use of DoseSpot. These services are done through the Experian agency.
Once both steps are completed successfully, the clinician is fully verified and can begin prescribing electronically for their assigned patients.
Complete identity proofing with facial recognition
To continue with ePrescribing, you must complete Identity Proofing first.
Please have the following ready:
Social Security Number
Credit Card Number (debit cards not accepted)
Driver's License Number (highly encouraged)
Driver's License, ID card, passport booklet with a photo for facial recognition
After signing into your profile, you will be prompted to complete the Identity Proofing Agreement, initiating the IDP process. This step is crucial to maintain the highest level of security for your ePrescribing workflow.
Click on the green Begin Identity Proofing button to get started.
After clicking, the Notice and Acknowledgement will appear. Read through the agreement, accept the terms, and click Next to continue.
When the disclaimer is finished, you will be prompted to fill out your personal information. This information is not retained and is solely for identity-proofing purposes. Click Next to continue.
If required, you will then be asked four multiple-choice questions about your credit history before progressing to the facial recognition step.To start the facial recognition process, a link will be sent to your phone by Experian. Open the link and follow the instructions.
Here are the steps that are needed to complete IDP Facial Recognition via cell phone.
After facial recognition has been completed on your cell phone, you will see one of two notifications in the prescribing application.
a. The green banner shows a successful message that IDP has been completed.
b. The red banner shows a failed IDP
If you fail the Experian identity questions, you will have up to three attempts. After the third failure, DoseSpot will display the link to complete the workflow using ID.me. You can access the ID.me user guide here. Verification can take up to 24 hours.
⚠️Important: Clinicians cannot prescribe until identity verification is complete. Only US-based documents are accepted.
Add patients
Patients must be registered in DoseSpot before a clinician can prescribe for them. This collects essential demographic and contact information.
To register them:
Go to Clients → Select client → Medication tab.
This tab contains two panels:
Medication – Track and manage your client's prescriptions and historical medication list. Includes a + Request prescription button.
Pharmacy – Displays the list of pharmacies assigned to the patient. Initially shows "No pharmacy found" until a pharmacy is set through DoseSpot.
Click the + Request prescription button. The Client eRx enrollment with DoseSpot side panel will appear.
The following fields are available, with some pre-filled from the client's Carepatron profile:
First name and Last name – Pre-filled from the client record.
Date of birth – The client's date of birth in MM/DD/YYYY format.
Sex – The client's biological sex (required by DoseSpot).
Phone number – A valid US phone number with the +1 country code.
Email – The client's email address.
Physical address – Street address, Suburb/Province, City, State, Zip code, and Country.
Vitals (required for patients aged 18 and under):
Height – With selectable unit (cm)
Weight – With selectable unit (kg)
Click Create to register the patient.
Start prescribing with DoseSpot
Once the patient is registered, the DoseSpot interface opens as a full-page modal inside Carepatron. Clinicians can search pharmacies, add medications, and send prescriptions electronically.
To start prescribing:
Review patient information such as their address, phone number, insurance plan, and Medical record number (MRN). Complete the Drug allergies information if applicable.
Click +Add prescription from the left sidebar. The flow has three steps: Choose Pharmacy → Add Prescriptions → Review.
In Choose Pharmacy, search by pharmacy name, select the correct location from the results, then click Next. The selected pharmacy will be saved as the patient’s default pharmacy.
Search for medications by name using the search bar.
ℹ️ Results are organized into tabs: Medications & Supplies, Clinic Presets, Favorites, and Order Sets. You can also create a Custom Supply or Custom Compound if needed.
Click on a medication to configure the prescription details.
Configure prescription details.
ℹ️ A detail panel opens with the following fields:
Diagnosis codes (Optional) – Search for diagnosis codes by name, with up to 2 codes per set.
No substitutions / Urgent – Optional checkboxes.
SIG builder – Build medication instructions using structured fields:
Dose delivery method (e.g., Take)
Dose quantity
Dose form (e.g., Tablet)
Route of administration (e.g., Oral)
Frequency
Day supply
Patient directions (SIG) – Free-text instructions for the patient.
Total dispense and Total dispense form – The quantity and form to dispense.
Refills – Number of refills authorized.
Effective date – Defaults to today's date.
Dose calculator – An expandable tool for calculating dosage.
Pharmacy – Pre-filled with the selected pharmacy.
Pharmacy notes – Additional notes for the pharmacy.
Click Create medication to add it to the prescription, or Clear or Cancel to discard.
Review and add more medications.
ℹ️After creating a medication, it appears in the Items to prescribe panel with key details such as instructions, dispense count, and refills. You can add more medications or click Next to review. The sidebar will show Continue prescription and indicate how many items are saved as drafts.
Review and send
ℹ️In the Review step, all prescription items appear in a table showing details, quantities, pharmacy, entered by, date, and status. Select prescriptions using the checkbox to approve them.
At the bottom of the screen, you can:
Save as pending prescription – Save without sending
Print prescription – Generate a printable copy
Cancel – Discard the prescription
Approve & send – Send electronically to the pharmacy
Click Approve & send to transmit the prescription.
View synced prescriptions in Carepatron. After closing the DoseSpot modal, the client’s Medication tab automatically updates with the latest prescription data.
Go to Clients from the left sidebar, select a client, and click the Medication tab.
Prescriptions are organized into tabs: Active, Inactive, Self-reported, and Renewal requests, each of which shows a count. Each active prescription card displays:
Medication name and status
Instructions
Effective date, dispense count, refills, and prescribing clinician
Expandable details such as last filled date, days supplied, pharmacy details, and notes
The Pharmacy panel also updates to show the assigned pharmacy with a Default badge and full address.
Click "+ Request prescription" to register the patient and begin prescribing.
Setting up two-factor authentication (TFA) for controlled substances
To prescribe controlled substances electronically (EPCS), you’ll need to complete an additional verification step by setting up two-factor authentication (TFA).
While you can begin prescribing standard medications as soon as identity proofing is complete, any attempt to prescribe controlled substances before TFA setup will trigger a DoseSpot warning, “You do not have permission to send controlled substances,” which is expected until setup is finalized.
To complete TFA activation in DoseSpot:
Click the “!” next to the welcome message. This will appear in the top left of your screen once you are in DoseSpot.
A pop-up will appear prompting you to begin the TFA authentication process required for prescribing controlled substances.
The system will now prompt you to enter your mobile phone number so it can send you a text with the links to download and set up Duo.
Before clicking “Send Me Duo Activation Texts,” make sure to check the agreement box near the bottom of the page.
You will receive two text messages:
a. The first link will bring you to the app store to download and install the Duo Mobile app.
b. After installation, click the second link to set up your Duo profile. Here you'll be asked to name your account.
The two images below show what you’ll first see when opening DUO. Tap Next to name your account—DoseSpot is a good default, especially if you already use DUO for another job or location.
Once your account is set up, you'll be prompted to take a brief Duo Mobile tutorial. Feel free to skip it by clicking "Skip" if you'd prefer to jump straight in.
This is Duo's most important page — it's where you'll find the TFA codes needed for sending controlled substances. Click "Show Passcode" to reveal your code, or "Refresh Passcode" to generate a new one.
Go back to the prescribing app and enter the TFA code from the DUO App. You also need to create a 4-digit code. You will need both the PIN and the DUO code each time you send a controlled substance.
With both identity proofing and TFA completed, you are ready to prescribe controlled substances.
Simply re-enter the prescription that was previously blocked and follow the standard prescription workflow, noting that you will be prompted to enter your PIN when approving and sending the prescription.
After submission, DoseSpot will display a confirmation message indicating the prescription was sent successfully.
Please Note: DoseSpot has identified an issue where Identity Proofing (IDP) messages from Experian are being sent to spam by phone providers. They will be implementing additional text in the application to inform clinicians of the issue, expected to go live in their April 2026 release.
In the meantime, clinicians attempting IDP and not receiving text messages should be advised to check their spam.
FAQs
Do I need to register my clinic before clinicians can prescribe?
Yes, clinic registration must be completed first to connect your workspace to DoseSpot and enable clinician onboarding.Can a clinician prescribe for multiple clinic locations?
Yes, clinicians can be assigned to one or more locations and set a default prescribing location for each.How do I know if a patient is ready for e-prescribing?
A patient must be registered in DoseSpot through the Medication tab; once registered, prescriptions can be created and sent electronically.
Our team will be able to answer any other questions you may have. Just reply via messenger through the Help channel in your workspace.